Turner Thorne said the Sun Devils had a nice start to the game, as her team jumped out to a 7-0 lead to put the Wildcats back on their heels.

But UA fought back and through the latter half of the first quarter, the Wildcats tightened up their defense and outscored the Sun Devils 12-10 to pull within five points after one.

The Sun Devils started the second quarter off fast with a three-point bomb from sophomore guard Kiara Russell to expand their lead to eight points.

The Wildcats employed a two-three zone in an effort to keep ASU out of the paint and force contested three-point shots, hoping the Sun Devils would continue to shoot 33 percent from beyond the arc.

However, near the end of the first half, the Sun Devils began to pull away by hitting their three-point shots.

In a charge led by Ruden, ASU began to catch fire as the sophomore forward came off the bench to drop 10 points in the first half, including two straight three pointers to give ASU a 35-24 lead at halftime.

The Sun Devils kept the pressure on the Wildcats to start the second half, growing their lead to 13 points in the beginning of the third.

UA continued to keep within striking distance in the third quarter, but could not close the gap to single digits as the teams matched basket for basket and defensive stop for stop.

At the end of three, the Sun Devils held a 14 point lead over the Wildcats by a score of 51-37.

To start the fourth quarter, ASU put its foot on the gas as they forced turnovers and made shots to expand the lead and put the game on ice.

By the time the final buzzer sounded, the Sun Devils has secured their second 20 plus point win over the Wildcats in three days, winning in Tuscon by a final score of 69-45.

UP NEXT FOR ASU

The Sun Devils will be back in action to close out the regular season with one final series at home against the Oregon schools, facing off against the University of Oregon on Friday at 6 p.m. MST.